2010-03-21, 22:22
I've been using YATSE for awhile now and I have some basic complaints that hamper its useability.
1) The touchscreen swipe actions don't work very well. I'd have to shoot a video to really explain this properly, but its just not 'natural'. Trying to swipe one item at a time is nearly impossible. it either doesn't swipe at all, or it swipes 3-4 items at once.
2) There is no visual feedback that your swipe is working until its done. What I mean is, as you're swiping, nothing is happening on screen. Once the swipe is done it 'snaps' to the item. This is not the way this kind of gesture normally works.
examples of how swipe gestures work properly and are very useful:
- Chome-touch extension. This extension lets you scroll up and down in chrome with a touchscreen. It works very well. You put your finger down, it 'grabs' the page. Now when you move your finger up and down, the page moves with it. It has inertia so you can 'flick' the page up and it will continue scrolling. All settings regarding speed, sensitivity, and inertia are editable through the settings. VERY useful and extremely well implemented.
- I phone or Palm-Pre style swiping. On these devices, any time you grab something to swipe it over or up or down, its just like above. You put your finger down, it grabs it, then you can swipe it and the animation follows your finger. You can change your mind mid-swipe and go in the other direction if you want, and it will do what you expect.
3) The 'now playing' screen only seems to update once. If I go back to the screen later, it is still stuck showing whatever I was playing hours ago.
4) After installing the web-based library management interface, YATSE stopped working, and will not refresh the library. This is likely a problem with the other app, but notable either way. The Web-OS interface on my phone still works.
1) The touchscreen swipe actions don't work very well. I'd have to shoot a video to really explain this properly, but its just not 'natural'. Trying to swipe one item at a time is nearly impossible. it either doesn't swipe at all, or it swipes 3-4 items at once.
2) There is no visual feedback that your swipe is working until its done. What I mean is, as you're swiping, nothing is happening on screen. Once the swipe is done it 'snaps' to the item. This is not the way this kind of gesture normally works.
examples of how swipe gestures work properly and are very useful:
- Chome-touch extension. This extension lets you scroll up and down in chrome with a touchscreen. It works very well. You put your finger down, it 'grabs' the page. Now when you move your finger up and down, the page moves with it. It has inertia so you can 'flick' the page up and it will continue scrolling. All settings regarding speed, sensitivity, and inertia are editable through the settings. VERY useful and extremely well implemented.
- I phone or Palm-Pre style swiping. On these devices, any time you grab something to swipe it over or up or down, its just like above. You put your finger down, it grabs it, then you can swipe it and the animation follows your finger. You can change your mind mid-swipe and go in the other direction if you want, and it will do what you expect.
3) The 'now playing' screen only seems to update once. If I go back to the screen later, it is still stuck showing whatever I was playing hours ago.
4) After installing the web-based library management interface, YATSE stopped working, and will not refresh the library. This is likely a problem with the other app, but notable either way. The Web-OS interface on my phone still works.